date:May 20, 2013
ibution. By switching from open-pollinated maize seed to hybrid seed and using improved farming inputs and techniques, participating farmers will be helped to increase their yields by as much as 50%.
Under the program, new seed and grain warehousing facilities will be built at the local levels where farmer dealers can store small amounts of seed, thereby increasing seed availability, and where farmers can store their grain to wait for improved market prices. The improved postharvest grain stor